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The news that the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/pacific-ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> is <a href="http://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/">polluted with coffee</a>, or rather, caffeine in general, was pretty baffling. But one research team has developed a solution that may be even stranger than the problem. The team genetically engineered <em>E....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/caffeine-addicted-e-coli-bacteria-could-decontaminate-coffee-ridden-wastewater/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The news that the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/pacific-ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> is <a href="http://inhabitat.com/new-study-suggests-pacific-ocean-is-polluted-with-coffee/">polluted with coffee</a>, or rather, caffeine in general, was pretty baffling. But one research team has developed a solution that may be even stranger than the problem. The team genetically engineered <em>E....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/caffeine-addicted-e-coli-bacteria-could-decontaminate-coffee-ridden-wastewater/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The news that the Pacific Ocean is polluted with coffee, or rather, caffeine in general, was pretty baffling. But one research team has developed a solution that may be even stranger than the problem. The team genetically engineered E....